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Trial Delayed in 1965 Civil Rights Slaying
posted 11:33 am Tue October 07, 2008 - Marion
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A judge has postponed the trial of a former Alabama state trooper charged with murder in the 1965 shooting of a black man at a civil rights protest in Marion.
The trial for James Bonard Fowler had been scheduled to start Oct. 20 in Marion, but Circuit Judge Tommy Jones postponed it because the district attorney appealed one of the judge's rulings.
The circuit clerk's office said Tuesday a new trial date has not been set.
Fowler is accused of shooting Jimmie Lee Jackson in February 1965 when a civil rights march turned violent. Jackson died later at a Selma hospital. Fowler says it was self-defense.
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oldman1234
4:01 pm on 10/07/08
This guy was known by his fellows officers as a nut. He killed another black man in 1966 under supicious circumstances. He was fired from the state troopers in 1968 for beating his superior officer. While in the army he was solicted to kill a black commanding officer by another soldier. He got cold feet and turned states evidence and the fellow soldier was found guilty. Why would he be chosen to commit murder if he was not that kind of individual ? He was a very agressive person and if the things he did he back then were to occur today he would be already be behind bars. He will probably be found not guilty due to the length of time to be charged. But don't think all law enforcement officers in this era were of this low caliber.
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